Purpose: An immersive design process to understand my role as a designer and an intellect in the study of objects, users, and information for effective visual communication.

Audience: Multi-cultural children, age 7-13.

Solution: A kit serving as an ice-breaker that allows relatives to grow closer to one another. This was inspired by my personal experience (or more so lack of) experience of meeting my cousins residing in India for the first time. They knew so much about me, but I hardly knew anything about them.

Contents of the “Start Here” portion include a card about the kit, my story behind the kit, and a memory book for the user to fill out along the way.

Contents for Part 1 of the kit include a family tree activity and the necessary supply: an ink pad.

Contents for Part 2 of the kit include name tags, family games, and supplies for the games.

Contents for Part 3 of the kit includes stationary for the user to keep in touch with their family.